Story Behind The Song
Too much travelling left me wondering about how all people in an airport on a given day are running the gamut of emotions about not being home and leaving your life at home behind. Tom Waits wanted to contribute to the record so we gave him the role of airport loudspeaker man and he came up with the announcements himself. The sax was recorded to sound like some sad sap in the airport playing for spare change.
Song Description
Mid-Tempo lament about travelling, leaving loved ones and feeling alone with Tom Waits on Airport announcements
| Song Length |
3:50 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Poignant |
Subject |
Change, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
The Band, Bobby Bland |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
HUB
There is a hub where people meet
some move on and others greet
There is a place where you can eat
and I sit there
I have to go away
I have to be somewhere today
Sometimes I?d rather stay
Life seems unfair
In time I will forget
that at one time I was upset
about things that aren?t finished yet
that I?m leaving here
But at this Hub I look and see
10,000 people just like me
leaving someone with whom they?d rather be
and I shed a tear